Parts of Speech

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

person, place, thing, animal, or idea
Jeff, dog, playground

Question 2

pronoun

Answer 2

they, her, my, or we
takes the place of a noun

Question 3

verb

Answer 3

ran, fell, jump, or skip
action word

Question 4

adverb

Answer 4

quickly, fast, always, or soon
when, where, and how a verb takes place

Question 5

adjective

Answer 5

pink, scary, or big
describes a noun

Question 6

conjunction

Answer 6

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
F. A. N. B. O. Y. S.

Question 7

preposition

Answer 7

on, below, and under
tells time, place, or position

Question 8

interjection

Answer 8

wow, hey, and yeah
shows strong emotion

Question 9

common nouns

Answer 9

ball, desk, store
not capitalized and not specific

Question 10

proper nouns

Answer 10

Jerry, Walmart, Nike
capitalized and specific

Question 11

abstract nouns

Answer 11

love, hunger, fear
a noun that you can’t see, touch, taste, hear, or smell

Question 12

concrete nouns

Answer 12

food, dog, desk
a noun that you can touch and see

Question 13

compound nouns

Answer 13

grocery store, teacher desk, shopping cart
a noun made up of more than one word